“No
one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his
background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn
to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human
heart than its opposite.” NELSON MANDELA
“Being kissed by Karl Jager was
devastating. And Beautiful. War makes you do dangerous things.”
Hanna Mendel liked to know what was going
to happen next. She was going to be a famous concert pianist. She was going to
wear her yellow dress to the dance on Saturday night. But she didn’t plan on
her street being turned into a ghetto. She didn’t plan on being rounded up and
thrown in a cattle truck. She didn’t plan on spending her sixteenth birthday in
Auschwitz, in a wooden barrack with two hundred other prisoners. Most of all,
Hanna didn’t plan on falling in love with the wrong boy.
BOOK REVIEW: 4.5/5
This is an indepth book about the lives of
Jewish women and teenagers during World War II. This story follows through the
life of Hanna Mendel her love for music, and all things a teenage girl thinks
of. The truth I found myself crying by the end of this story not because of the
romance or even the story but it was the truth about the past. This is part of
the world’s history and even through this story is not based solely on truth this
did happen. If you are interested in romance with a mixture of WWII and the
concentration camps then this book would be a great and enjoyable read. I recommend this book for teenaged girls who
love romance and even boys and younger readers.
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